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TV show- Harlan Coben This is another British mystery show. Its about a kid that goes missing and  20 years later some of his family is still looking for him. Its actually tragic! But the story that comes from this tragedy is awesome. There is stories around kidnapping, pedophilia, infidelity, depression, murder, and most importantly friendship and loyalty. Hannah Arterton is the only one I recognized from the show, only because we had just watched her in Safe. Every other actor is probably somewhat famous in England. They were all very good actors, very believable. I'm curious to know more about this Harlan Coben guy. I want to watch everything he does. Also searched him and it turns out that he is American! Why are all of his movies produced in England? He lives in New Jersey, went to HS with Chris Christie and College with Dan Brown! So that's cool right? Turns out, I need to read his books too!

Book- Lauren Graham I love Lorelai Gilmore! In my opinion, she carried Gilmore Girls. There were a lot of fantastic side characters that I will watch in everything they ever do again. Alexis Bledel is just one of those characters... I like her and I respect her as a person, but Rory isn't a practical character. Anyway, this isn't about Gilmore Girls! This is about the main character and how she went on to become a bigger and more successful person. She went on to costar in Parenthood where she was just in the ensemble but was still the best. There she wrote 2 books, I liked one, I haven't finished the first one yet... But I started it... Its fiction and I like knowing about her more so I stopped reading it so I  could read this one. Everyone should read this book! It is 85 pages, I finished it on my lunch break in one day. I guess it was wrote as a commencement address that she gave for her old high school. She gave the speech then went on to expand it and publish it. I...

Movie Ocean's 11 was one of my favorite movies for the longest time because of the stars. I didn't appreciate 12 and I don't even remember 13 at all. But this one had all of the charm of the original. With Sandra Bullock, Mindy Kaling, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hatheway, Sarah Paulson, Rihanna, and Helena Bonham Carter are all big characters. And I'm glad there was a twist that actually made the con more acceptable. I wasn't sold on it until the end. The con was brilliant and culturally relevant! Jewelry! Diamonds! "girls best friends." And the crew is all girl power and strength. And as a nation, we are trying to push women and our power. I'm all for it, especially when portrayed like this. Also Awkwafina is amazing! She is also in Dude but other than that, I've never seen her in anything. Although she is in Crazy Rich Asians, I haven't seen it yet. And James Corden is the best, I love him in anything. I wish I could say more but I don't ...

Podcast This podcast is ongoing and season 4 just started this month but since I did get caught up until it started I figured that I would write about the first 3 seasons. This is a podcast by a guy (and his friends) who's dad wrote a book called Belinda Blinked. This 60ish year old guy(pen-name Rocky Flinstone) said I'm bored, I think I want to write an erotic novel. So he did, then he kept writing and now has sequels and other stories. Each book was then read to millions of listeners. It's hilarious because its ridiculous. I know, that this sounds dirty and it is but it is the least sexy thing I've ever heard. It is so gross and scientifically inaccurate. And the commentary from the son Jamie, and his friends James and Alice is perfect! I even started listening to another podcast just because they were on an extra podcast with them. It's not the same and I hope that means these 3 keep going because for the first time in all the Rocky books, there was a twist t...

Movie Look, I think we all know that Avengers is all about the money. They don't care about artistry, they only care about humor and explosions. The acting is getting worse and worse but the explosions are bigger and the characters are more friendly than ever which creates humor and fun. The cast of characters grow every movie and that makes the movies a little hard to watch. It went from being a fun movie about friends, to being a mess with some funny one liners. The story line is hectic and annoying, and it frustrates me because I really like all of the characters. All the Chris', the Toms, Mark, Benedict, RDJ, Anthony, and Chadwick are all hilarious but there is too many of them. I love Guardians of the Galaxy, but they are a lot to handle and to add 30 other "stars" is insane. It was much funnier than I thought it would be though. The most recent Thor movie was the same way, a lot of bright colors and loud noises with some funny bits tied in. Rumor has it that...

TV Show Netflix created, Harlan Coben written and produced along with producer and star Michael C. Hall (Dexter) Safe is a British mini-series about a small closed community. The community literally has a wall built around it because of a fire that was started in the school 30 years before the show takes place. It is centered around Michael C. Hall's family and its relationship to secret of the town. There are multiple mysteries to solve in this show but none of them are obvious until the last episode! I am telling you that I would not have watched the show if it wasn't recommended by My Favorite Murder. But they talked about it and mentioned that it was Dexter starring in it and so I decided that I would give it a chance. I loved it so much that I was mad that it was only a mini-series. It only has 8 episodes but my husband and I watched almost all of it in one day. We saved the last 2 episodes for the next day because we had to sleep. It's a British show and Michael i...

Movie One of the funniest movies I've watched this year! I wasn't excited about it either, Ed Helms, Jon Hamm, and Jake Johnson while funny, aren't always the right kind of funny. They're all pretty dumb... But Jeremy Renner is fantastic and kind of made the movie. Plus it turns out that it is based on a true story! In real life, there is a group of guys who have been friends since elementary school and one month a year (I assume they only play once a year so that the other 11 months they can be successful adults) every year they play tag. They keep it going all month long and whoever is it at the end of the month is the ultimate loser for the year! They hide and dress up and surprise each other and I wish I could live their lives. I love the story line and it was actually intense in some moments. Jeremy was pulling out his moves from Hawkeye or Bourne Legacy. He had never been tagged but SPOILER ALERT he lets someone tag him because he had to learn how to be part o...